Author
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī. In Arabic
Publication Date
448 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
210 x 143 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Arundel Or 52
Record ID
vdc_100000035324.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
448 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
A copy of Galen's Τέχνη ἰατρική (
Ars medica
) in the Arabic version thought to be by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī. In Arabic, the text is called small industry (
Ars parva
). The text is accompanied by a commentary by Abū al-Faraj ‘Abd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib (Abu al-Faraj Abdullah bin al-Tayyib). The copy is dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 448 (February-March 1057; see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
fol. 114v, line 16, transcribed below), just 14 years after Ibn al-Ṭayyib's death in 435/1043.
Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-6):
Interpretation of Sheikh Al-Hab[...]b the philosopher Abu Al-Faraj Abdullah bin Al-Tayeb
May God prolong the life of Galen’s book entitled Small Industry
First education
Since the non-remaining bodies, the more we enumerate them and the closer they become, the more intense they become
Hippocrates said...
Ends (f. 114, lines 8-11):
A headache, and the sweetness of its bitterness produces a thick acne and red varieties
It is beneficial and agrees with the human mood, but it does not (!) happen
I explained from the book Managing the Healthy, and here our education ends
When it ends, the entire book ends
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 114v, lines 11-16):
...explained
The honorable sheikh and philosopher Abu Al-Faraj Abdullah bin Al-Tayeb
May God prolong the life of Galen’s book entitled Small Industry
Praise be to God a lot (?) and may God’s blessings and peace be upon him (?) of his creation, Muhammad and his family, and grant him peace (?)
Hassan bin Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Muhammad, the guardian of the family of Muhammad, known as Ibn Sabah, completed its copy
The Palestinian Muski on the twelfth day of Dhul-Hijjah in the year four hundred and forty-eight
A note in English written about AD 1773 and bound into the volume as folio 1 gives a brief history of the manuscript, mistakenly claiming that Ibn al-Ṭayyib was a Jew; he was a Nestorian Christian.
Erişim Koşulları
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Köken
Seven semi-legible owners' inscriptions appear on the title page (f. 2r), one of which has been deleted and another is dated 1116 AH/AD 1704-5.
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition of Arabic text (without Ibn al-Ṭayyib's commentary):
Jālīnūs,
al-Ṣināʻah al-ṣaghīrah
, edited by Muḥammad Salīm Sālim (Cairo: al-Hayʾah al-Miṣrīyah al-ʻĀmmah lil-Kitāb, 1988)
